Loopy De Loop
American animated theatrical short series
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::summary American animated theatrical short series ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Loopy De Loop |
| image | loopydeloop.jpg |
| caption | Title card |
| director | William Hanna |
| Joseph Barbera | |
| producer | William Hanna |
| Joseph Barbera | |
| writer | Michael Maltese |
| Warren Foster | |
| Tony Benedict | |
| Dalton Sandifer | |
| starring | Daws Butler |
| music | Hoyt Curtin (musical director) |
| studio | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures |
| released | – |
| (48 shorts) | |
| runtime | 7 minutes per short |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| :: |
| name = Loopy De Loop | image = loopydeloop.jpg | caption = Title card | director = William Hanna Joseph Barbera | producer = William Hanna Joseph Barbera | writer = Michael Maltese Warren Foster Tony Benedict Dalton Sandifer | starring = Daws Butler | music = Hoyt Curtin (musical director) | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Hanna-Barbera Productions | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = – (48 shorts) | runtime = 7 minutes per short | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross =
Loopy De Loop is an American animated theatrical series produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera after leaving MGM and opening their new studio, Hanna-Barbera Productions. 48 cartoons were produced between 1959 and 1965, and released to theatres by Columbia Pictures. It was one of the final theatrical cartoon series to be released by Columbia, as well as the only one to be produced by the studio.
Overview
Loopy (voiced by Daws Butler) is a gentleman wolf from Canada who speaks English with a marked Québecois accent, and always wears a characteristic tuque knit cap and scarf. A self-appointed good Samaritan, he dauntlessly fights to clear the bad name of wolves and opens every short with his trademark introduction "I am Loopy De Loop, the good wolf." Though he is always kind and helpful, his exploits usually get him beaten up or chased out of town by the very people he has helped, all for no other reason than the prejudice of being a wolf. Still, he never loses faith, and considers himself "kind, considerate and charming."
The character's name is a combination of plays on words:
- "Loop the loop" is a 360-degree back flip performed by airplane stunt pilots.
- Canis lupus is the Latin-based scientific name for the grey wolf species of the dog family, with the species' name of lupus being the basis for loup, the French word for wolf.
- "Loopy" is a synonym for "crazy" or "eccentric"
List of theatrical shorts
1959
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| EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Wolf Hounded | 1959 | 11 |
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1960
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|---|---|---|---|
| EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Tale of a Wolf | 1960 | 3 |
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1961
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| Nº | Title | Release date | PN |
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| EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = Count Down Clown | 1961 | 1 |
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1962
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| Nº | Title | Release date |
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| EpisodeNumber = 20 | Title = Bungle Uncle | 1962 |
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1963
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| Nº | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| EpisodeNumber = 29 | Title = Just a Wolf at Heart | 1963 |
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1964
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| Nº | Title | Release date |
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| EpisodeNumber = 40 | Title = Raggedy Rug | 1964 |
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1965
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| Nº | Title | Release date |
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| EpisodeNumber = 45 | Title = Horse Shoo | 1965 |
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Television version
In 1969, Loopy's film shorts were gathered together into a syndicated television series, simply titled Loopy de Loop.
Cast
- Daws Butler as Loopy De Loop
- Other voices include Julie Bennett, Mel Blanc, Red Coffey, June Foray, Paul Frees, Don Messick, Howard Morris, Hal Smith, Arnold Stang, Jean Vander Pyl, Janet Waldo, Nancy Wible, and Doug Young.
Other appearances
- A brief scene from "Two Faced Wolf" appears in The Monkees' film Head.
- Loopy appeared in the 1991 NBC series Yo Yogi!, voiced by Greg Burson. He appears as an employee and owner of The Picnic Basket at Jellystone Mall's food court.
- Loopy appeared in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Juror in Court". He escapes from the prison along with many Harvey's clients, when his cases are sent to the review. It is unknown why he was there because he never appeared in the show before and was not a client of Harvey. Loopy also appears in a recap of the previous episode in "The Death of Harvey".
- A genderbend version of Loopy appears in the Max show Jellystone! voiced by Ulka Simone Mohanty in a French accent. In contrast to the classic version's optimistic outlook, Loopy here is equipped with a more cynical and deadpan personality. She works with Jabberjaw in Magilla Gorilla's haberdashery.
Home media
On September 9, 2014, Warner Home Video (via Warner Archive) released Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD in Region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection.
On February 24, 2026, Warner Archive will release the complete series on Blu-ray.
In other languages
- Italian: Lupo de Lupis
- Brazilian Portuguese: Loopy Le Beau
- Portuguese: similar to English
- Spanish: Loopy de Loop, el lobo bueno
- Finnish: Hurmaava Hukka
- Serbian: Лупи Добрић, добри вук (Lupi Dobrić, dobri vuk)
References
References
- "The Cartoon Scrapbook".
- (1999). "The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons". Checkmark Books.
- (1991). "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals". Prentice Hall Press.
- (1989). "The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity". Studio.
- "The Vault".
- "The Vault".
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- [https://monkeesfilmtv.tripod.com/movie.html The ''HEAD'' page], from The Monkees Film & TV Vault
- (June 24, 2021). "Jellystone! I Official Trailer I HBO Max Family".
- Hemmert, Kylie. (June 24, 2021). "Jellystone!: Hanna-Barbera Characters Return in HBO Max Original Animated Series".
- [https://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Loopy-Loop-Complete-Collection/20259 'The Complete Collection' of the Theatrical-Shorts-turned-TV-Show!] {{webarchive. link. (2014-09-10)
- https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=37748
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